Conferring: The Myth and the Reality
The room is quiet. The students are settled in their spots with their books. You sit down next to a child, clipboard in your hand, ready to confer. “How’s it going?” you ask. The child tells you all about their…
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Here is our newest blog on Reading Recovery! Don’t forget to come to register for LitCon and come to our presentation on Monday, January 30 at 2:40pm.
Keep readingCommitments for 2023
I am forever on my way” Maxine Greene Embracing the possibilities inherent in being a teacher means embracing our roles as professionals committed to learning and growing alongside our students and colleagues. As we start back to school in January,…
Keep readingSmall Group Instruction that Focuses on Readers
There is a plethora of research (Duke, 2019) on the effectiveness of small group instruction. Typically, we think of small groups as being based on the skills students need to work on. These are groups that typically focus on the work…
Keep readingTeaching Children, Not Just Teaching Reading, Part II
Growing Readers, Growing Reading. Read Part 2 of our blog on Reading Recovery to find out more!
Keep readingTeaching Children, Not Just Teaching Reading, Part 1
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Keep readingTrust Conferring
As students are reading for longer stretches of time, and you have done moreassessments, you are probably preparing to start small group instruction. One ofthe most common wonderings we hear is this:“During Independent Reading, should I be doing small group…
Keep readingTempting Readers Part 2
We trust that students come to our classrooms ready to be agentive about their own growth as readers. Making choices about what to read is a key part of that growth. Choice motivates readers to engage with text, giving them…
Keep readingTempting Readers
We trust that students come to our classrooms already living their reading lives. At home, maybe they love to listen as family members tell stories. Maybe they have a bookshelf of their favorite books. Perhaps they go to the library…
Keep readingCreating a Narrative of Progress: Broadening the Definition of Reading Growth
Read the whole blog on CCIRA here. This spring, we were kidwatching during Independent Reading in a first grade classroom. A boy with a huge pile of books in front of him beckoned us over. “Listen to me read!” he…
Keep readingWhy a Broad View of Reading Growth is Exactly What Teachers and Students Need Right Now
Read the whole blog on Heinemann here. As the school year comes to a close, we imagine that during Independent Reading you are kidwatching and admiring how much and in how many ways the children have grown as readers. As…
Keep readingStudent Designed Libraries
Dear Teachers, Are you wondering about how to get your students involved in setting up the classroom library? It may seem overwhelming. We get it. Here’s a way to do it without dismantling the library that you have already set…
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